gibber

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒɪbə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɪbə(r)

Etymology 1

Uncertain; see gibberish.

Noun

gibber (countable and uncountable, plural gibbers)

  1. Gibberish, unintelligible speech.

Verb

gibber (third-person singular simple present gibbers, present participle gibbering, simple past and past participle gibbered)

  1. To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.

Translations

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

gibber (plural gibbers)

  1. A boulder, a stone.
  2. A desert surface covered with closely packed, interlocking angular or rounded rock fragments of pebble and cobble size.
See also

Etymology 3

gib +‎ -er

Noun

gibber (plural gibbers)

  1. A balky horse.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gibber in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡib.ber/, [ˈɡɪb.bɛr]

Adjective

gibber (feminine gibbera, neuter gibberum); first/second declension

  1. humpbacked, hunchbacked

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative gibber gibbera gibberum gibberī gibberae gibbera
Genitive gibberī gibberae gibberī gibberōrum gibberārum gibberōrum
Dative gibberō gibberae gibberō gibberīs gibberīs gibberīs
Accusative gibberum gibberam gibberum gibberōs gibberās gibbera
Ablative gibberō gibberā gibberō gibberīs gibberīs gibberīs
Vocative gibber gibbera gibberum gibberī gibberae gibbera

Noun

gibber m (genitive gibberis); third declension

  1. a hump, hunch on the back

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gibber gibberēs
Genitive gibberis gibberum
Dative gibberī gibberibus
Accusative gibberem gibberēs
Ablative gibbere gibberibus
Vocative gibber gibberēs

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • gibberōsus

References
  • gibber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gibber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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